The Nightshaders Adventures began with a child’s voice.
Rosie loved stories. She loved imagining worlds, characters, and moments that could lift off the ground and carry you somewhere else. Like many children, she dreamed — but unlike many, she knew that time might not stretch as far as it should.
Rosie lives with a life-changing condition — one that reshaped her future and made moments of creativity, joy, and imagination even more precious.
What Rosie wanted was simple and enormous.
She wanted to make a book.
Not tell a story once.
Not imagine one in her head.
But make a whole book — something real, something finished, something that would last.
As Rosie put it:
“Making a whole book just blew my mind.”
A Dream That Mattered
This dream mattered because it was Rosie’s.
It mattered because stories were a place where she could move freely — where nothing was limited by her body or her circumstances. In stories, dogs could fly. Music could hold you steady. Night skies could be safe instead of frightening.
Creating The Nightshaders Adventures wasn’t about writing for Rosie.
It was about listening to her imagination and letting it lead.
Every part of the story — the dogs, the flight, the landmarks, the sense of connection — grew from Rosie’s ideas, her feelings, and her way of seeing the world.
This book exists because her voice deserved to be held carefully, and carried forward.
Nicola’s Role
Nicola first came into Rosie’s life as her carer.
But care, over time, became something more profound.
Nicola listened. She noticed what lit Rosie up. She recognised that this dream wasn’t something to be postponed or softened — it was something that needed to be honoured fully, and now.
The role shifted.
Carer became collaborator.
Support became partnership.
And safeguarding Rosie’s wellbeing came to include safeguarding her story.
Nicola helped turn ideas into pages, moments into structure, imagination into something tangible — always with Rosie at the centre, always with care, patience, and respect.
This book exists because someone believed that a child’s dream deserved to be taken seriously.
Bringing The Nightshaders Adventures into the world was not something that happened alone.
Taylor & Wood Publishing played a vital role in shaping, supporting, and carefully guiding the book from imagination to finished story. Their belief in the project — and in the importance of handling it with care — helped ensure that Rosie’s voice was honoured every step of the way.
Why This Book Exists
The Nightshaders Adventures is not just a story about flying dogs.
It is a story about:
- Holding onto wonder
- Creating something meaningful within uncertainty
- Letting imagination leave a trace
It exists so that Rosie’s voice can keep travelling — beyond the moment, beyond the room, beyond what time might otherwise allow.
This book is proof that stories matter, especially when they are unfinished, fragile, or urgently needed.
A Quiet Thank You
If you are reading this, thank you.
Thank you for holding this story with care.
Thank you for meeting Rosie where she is — as an author, a creator, and a storyteller.
Some stories don’t end.
They learn how to fly.
This book exists because one child’s dream was listened to — and because stories can still be made, even when the future feels uncertain.